POWDER CONTAINER, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND POWDER CONTAINER ORDER SYSTEM
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To detect the amount of powder remaining in a container without using a memory element such as an IC chip.SOLUTION: The present invention relates to toner bottles 28, 128, 228 as a powder container that is detachably attached to a powder consumption device for consuming powder...
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Zusammenfassung: | PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To detect the amount of powder remaining in a container without using a memory element such as an IC chip.SOLUTION: The present invention relates to toner bottles 28, 128, 228 as a powder container that is detachably attached to a powder consumption device for consuming powder to supply powder to the powder consumption device, as well as an image forming apparatus. Each of the toner bottles includes lids 29, 129, 229 that closes a plurality of different lid positions of the powder supply port; the plurality of different lid positions indicate information about the use history of the powder consumption device. |
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